A programmer living in Chengde City, Hebei Province, China, was confiscated by the local public security by more than one million yuan because of "over the wall", which aroused the heated discussion of the topic of Chinese netizens on the topic of turning over the wall.
The topic of "Chinese programmers over the wall work by millions of income" was quickly boarded on Weibo on Monday (September 25).Programmers' overseas work income is qualitative to "illegal income" and all confiscated. It is the heaviest economic penalty for "turning the wall" so far.
Hu Xijin and said that this punishment is questionable.However, the Weibo he posted was later deleted.
Many netizens commented that if they really can't go through the wall, programmers can't work.Some people have questioned that a series of official media and stars such as the People's Daily have X (formerly known as Twitter) and Facebook account. How do they turn over the wall?
In China, the so -called overturning walls, even using technical tools, such as virtual special networks (VPN), bypassing the network review and blocking, accessing network content outside the national firewall in China.This word has also become sensitive in recent years, and some people have switched to "scientific Internet" and "ladder" instead.
illegal over the wall?
Before the word "over the wall" was popular, the official called the overseas website as "international networking".According to the screenshot posted by the netizen in X, the programmers who were punished by Hebei went to GitHub to receive work tasks., And confiscated illegal income of 1.05 million yuan (RMB, the same below, about S $ 197,800), a fine of 200 yuan.
According to the interim provisions of the China Computer Information Network International Internet of Computer Information Network in 1997 and 1998, the implementation measures of the China Computer Information Network International Networking and the implementation of the regulations.
TheMethod stipulates that in the international networking, the international access channel provided by the National Public Telecom Network of China Post and Telecommunications must be used.No unit or individual may establish or use other channels to conduct an international networking. Public security may warn those who violate the regulations and impose a fine of up to 15,000 yuan; if there is an illegal income, it confiscates illegal income.At that time, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was divided into the State Post Office and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology later after 1998.
According to the BBC (BBC) Chinese website in 2019, Li Zhi'an, an associate professor of the School of Law School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said that the above two regulations have been "prepared and useless" for many years, and law enforcement mainly starts in China in 2017 to tighten the VPN market.
In 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice of cleaning up the network access service market, stipulating that Internet users shall not establish or rent special channels such as special lines (including VPN) without approval by the competent telecommunications department.
Since then, there have been cases of administrative penalties for over the wall over the years.In December 2018, in accordance with the above provisions, the Shaoguan Public Security Bureau of Guangdong Province shall, on the grounds of "establishing and using an illegal channel for international networking", on the grounds of "unauthorized establishment and the use of illegal channels for international networking", a personal penalty of 1,000 yuan over the wall is over the wall.
According to VOA in 2021, from July 2019 to October 2020, the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department released a case of at least 62 individual users because of the punishment of the wall.
Turning the wall may also violate criminal law.In August of this year, according to the Yangcheng Evening News, Jiangmen Network police arrested four suspects involving the "overturning" violation case, and two of them were criminally detained.It is reported that during the special operation, the online police found a number of netizens purchased the wall of the wall, and illegally access to the international website blocked by the Chinese fire wall.
How to legally turn over the wall?
Since the law is illegal, how can Chinese official media and celebrities on overseas Internet turn over the wall?How do foreign and cross -border e -commerce operate?
According to the documents released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2017, institutions and enterprises can apply for VPN through the three major Chinese operators and China Optoelectronics, and individuals cannot apply.The registered capital of the application company is not less than 1 million yuan. If the enterprise operates nationwide, the registered capital is not less than 10 million yuan.
According to the Lianhe Morning Post, applications also need to explain the purpose of access to the external network, and it also needs to prove that the business business is related to overseas, and the application may also be rejected.If the application is successful, a certain amount of online fees are required each year.An IT personnel who applied for the international line of telecommunications operations said that the company's 100M bandwidth paid about 1 million yuan per year.
In addition, after the enterprise applies to the legal VPN, all employees need to sign a "Civilized Internet Payment Letter", promising that they do not use the Internet to engage in the Internet to endanger national security, leak national secrets, and do not incite subversion of state power.The commitment also wrote that the user's responsibility for network security generated by the use of network resources was borne by the user.
The aforementioned IT personnel revealed that in recent years, the VPN lines often need to be updated. Especially during the party congress and the two sessions, VPNs are basically paralyzed.
Disputes of "Selective Law Enforcement"
For most individuals and qualifications, there seems to be too much legitimate channels for turning the wall.As a result, despite the laws are not allowed, a large number of netizens still use VPN "illegal" to turn over the wall under demand drive.
A programmer who has worked at Alibaba and bytes told the United Zard that companies such as Ali and bytes have no problem with the company's computer over the wall. "But many companies in entrepreneurial stages have no money, no qualifications, I can only take a VPN by myself, which is also illegal. "
He said that the programmer did drop a bomb because of the punishment of the wall over the wall."It is mainly doubtful and angry, because there are almost no programmers who do not turn over the wall. GitHub is also necessary for programmers. Reference code and remote work on the above are very common."
In Zhihu, a post with 26 million views and 3,700 people participated in the discussion. A netizen pointed out that if this incident became an iron case, then under the demonstration effect, everyone in China may be possible in China.Being a victim, no one's interests are guaranteed.
Professor Li Wein'an said that the official measures adopted by Chinese netizens who use VPNs are "selective law enforcement", based on "how much the behavior of turning the wall on the country, to what extent the government feels sensitive."
From then on, the programmer has been punished by the wall and a huge amount, such a "selective law enforcement" is becoming more and more stringent.
But consider that in reality, the real "scientific Internet" needs will not disappear.While supervision, while ensuring political security, cybersecurity, and strict law enforcement, is it also responding to the adjustment of the system built more than 20 years ago?For demand, it is better to block, try to understand, and provide more legal channels. It should be much better than adding doubts, panic, and complaints.
